What were your bathroom habits before UC?

pb4 said...
LOL, ya until you actually have constipation, my gawd it's painful and honestly both D or C suck big time...I saw a show on IBS and they interviewed a lady with chronic IBS-C who said the longest she went without having a bowel movement was 30 days and she said she never felt pain like that in her life and even thought of suicide.

:)

So true. To be honest, I'd much rather have D. At least it comes out easily. Nothing's worse than feeling full and sore and not being able to get rid of it, and then sitting on the toilet straining and feeling like you're having a baby! :P

It's always the worse coming out of a flare and after having nothing but D for months and then you finally have a solid BM and it just kills.

I honestly can't remember pre-Uc days. It's been too long. But I think I was fairly regular and I never had any intestinal problems until Uc.

Pb, yes the constipation can be almost or more painful then having D and inflammation. I had my own constipation issues after my ablation surgery last year. And never ever again do I want to go thru that! Lordy was I in pain because I couldn't go for 6 days. Finally had to call the doc and he said to try Miralax which did wonders. Talk about relief!